Lyrics and Albums by The Who

The English Rock music band “The Who” was formed on 1964 in West London, England. Pete Townshend, John Enwistle, Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon and Kenney Jones were primary members of this music band. Initially they named their music band as “The Confederates” later it was renamed as “The Detours” finally they were named as “The Who”.

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From 1960s to 1970s Music Albums

The music band “The Who” released their first hit music album My Generation on 3 December 1965 in UK. The same music album was released in US, under the name of “The Who Sings My Generation”. In UK Albums Chart, the music album was reached 5th position. The music album A Quick One/ Happy Jack was released on 9 December 1966. This music album peaked to the 4th position on UK and also better on US. The music band’s third music album The Who Sell Out released on 15 December 1967. The music album gave big hit songs on their career and also reached to the 48th position on US, 13th position on US Albums chart.

The music band’s multi platinum album Tommy was released on 23 May 1969. The music album received 2X platinum by RIAA. The music album was topped 2nd position on UK Albums chart and 4th position on US Albums chart. In 16 May 1970, the music band released the music album “Live at Leeds”, the album also received 2X platinum by RIAA. In UK Albums chart, the music album got placed on 3rd position and in US; the music album was reached to the number 4.

The music band’s First number 1 charted album who’s Next is released on 1971, the RIAA certified to this music album for 3X platinum. The music album was respectively reached to the number 1, number 4 on UK and US Albums Charts. In 1973, the music album “Quadrophenia” was released, the music album topped to the 2nd position on UK and US Albums chart. The RIAA gave platinum to this music album. The music band’s next platinum album “The Who by Numbers” released on 18 October 1975. The music band The Who’s another multi platinum album Who Are You released in 1978 and peaked to the 2nd position on US, 6th position on UK. Face Dances was the one more platinum album by this music band.

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1980s to Recent Music Albums

The music band The Who’s first Gold music album “It’s Hard” was released on 4 September 1982. The music album reached at number 8 on US and number 11 on UK albums chart. The music band The Who’s latest hit music album Endless Wire released on 30 October 2006 and topped to the 7th position on US, 9th position on UK. The music band also released seven more compilation album songs on their career.

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Musical Awards

The music band won Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and Freddie Mercury Lifetime Achievement Award in 1988. The music band won Grammy Hall of Fame Awards for the music albums Tommy (1998), My Generation(1999) and Who’s Next(2007).

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